An analysis of Disclosure and Barring Service applications for 2015 to 2016
This report summarises analysis to help inform proposed amendments to Part V of the Police Act 1997 on changes to Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure rules.
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This report summarises analysis undertaken to help inform proposed amendments to Part V of the Police Act 1997, covering proposed amendments to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure rules. The amendments remove two rules that disclose some or all an applicant鈥檚 criminal record history: the 鈥榤ultiple conviction鈥� and 鈥榶outh caution鈥� rules. The analysis is based on a DBS dataset covering applications in 2015 to 2016.
If the 鈥榤ultiple conviction鈥� rule was removed retrospectively, a total of 41,041 applicants to the DBS in 2015 to 2016 would no longer have their criminal records disclosed. The equivalent figure for the 鈥榶outh caution鈥� rule was 5,585 applicants, of which 1% related to cautions for offences defined as 鈥榮erious鈥� and 鈥榬ecent鈥�.